FORT PIERCE, Fla. – For the second time in three days, a Kenyon College pitcher recorded a no-hitter.
Sunday, two days after
Jesse Bogacz blanked Immaculata University, junior
Paul Henshaw no-hit the Westminster College Titans in the second game of a doubleheader. The Lords opened the day with a 4-2 win over the Titans and then used Henshaw's efforts to complete the sweep with a 7-0 victory.
Henshaw worked all seven innings of the game-two win and struck out nine batters. He did not walk or hit any Westminster batters. The only two runners the Titans got on base were via a third-strike wild pitch in the fourth inning and an error in the sixth inning. Neither of those runners reached second base.
Henshaw, who is now 2-0 with 2.03 earned run average, forced four fly-outs and eight ground-outs. He got all the run support he needed when the Lords led off the first inning with a couple of runs.
Jono Chafe and
Jake Dunn each singled.
Phillip Nam then drove them home with a double.
Matt von Roemer had an RBI single in the fourth to make it 3-0 and then Kenyon capped off the game with a four-run sixth inning. In that late spurt,
Casey Rosenfeld singled,
Max Heldman doubled, and von Roemer and
Andrew Petersdorf smacked back-to-back triples.
In game one, senior
Tim Krahn gave the Lords another fabulous pitching performance. He pitched two outs shy of a complete game, while allowing just two runs on five hits. He stuck out seven and did not issue any free passes. Junior
Spencer Byers came on in the seventh to collect the final two outs.
The Lords' pitching staff, which has led the team to a 7-2 start this season, now has a stellar 2.54 earned run average. In 71 innings pitched this season, the Kenyon hurlers have struck out 58, walked 20, and have a measly .174 batting average against.
On the offensive front in game one, Kenyon first scored in the fourth inning when Nam singled and
Tyler Roldan later reached base on a fielder's choice.
Max Warren then ripped a double to score both of them.
Dunn doubled in the fifth inning and came around to score on a single stroked by Nam. Finally,
Cormac Jewell singled in the seventh inning and later scored on a sacrifice fly from
John Nahra.
For the day, von Roemer had four hits, while Dunn, Nam, and Hardacker all had three.
Next up for the Lords in the Sunshine State is a single game against Delaware Valley College. That contest has a 10 a.m. start time Monday.
Junior Paul Henshaw pitched a no-hitter Sunday and led the Lords to a 7-0 win over Westminster.
It was the second no-hitter from a Kenyon hurler in the past three days.